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Definitions

• the present application relates to the technical field of sodium batteries, and in particular to a sodium metal battery and an electrochemical apparatus.
• lithium-ion battery technology With the gradual expansion of the application of lithium-ion battery technology in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, energy storage and other markets, the problem of insufficient lithium resources has also begun to emerge. Since the earth has a sufficiently high abundance of sodium elements, sodium-based batteries are gradually gaining attention and are strategically important in cost-critical applications such as energy storage.
• a “non-negative electrode” sodium metal battery has been developed by in situ deposition of sodium deintercalated from the positive electrode material to the negative electrode current collector.
• the negative electrode side does not need to be pre-coated/deposited with highly reactive sodium metal, which greatly improves the fabrication feasibility and safety of the battery cell.
• the deposition of non-negative electrode sodium metal batteries on the surface of the negative electrode current collector requires a higher overpotential, which also easily leads to uneven sodium deposition, aggravates the side reaction with the electrolyte solution, greatly consumes active sodium, and ultimately affects the cycling performance of the battery cell.
• the present application provides a sodium metal battery and an electrochemical apparatus, in which the sodium metal may form a uniform sodium deposition layer on the surface of the negative electrode current collector during the charge-discharge process to ensure the reversibility of the charge-discharge process.
• the present application provides a sodium metal battery, comprising a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet, said negative electrode sheet being a negative electrode current collector, and the sodium layer deposited in situ on the negative electrode current collector having a thickness of ⁇ 30 nm after the battery is charged and discharged for the first time.
• the negative electrode active material is formed in situ by the deposition of sodium deintercalated from the positive electrode, after the battery cell is charged and discharged for the first time, there will be some sodium metal remaining on the negative electrode side and not returning to the positive electrode due to the incomplete reversibility of the deintercalation/intercalation of sodium from the positive electrode active material for the first time.
• This application utilizes the first irreversible capacity of the positive electrode material and the optimization of the battery cell design.
• the amount of residual sodium metal is sufficient to uniformly form a sodium deposition layer with a certain thickness on the surface of the current collector.
• the higher nucleation energy required for the deposition of sodium onto the surface of the current collector during subsequent charge-discharge cycles is avoided, the overall deposition overpotential is reduced, and the deposition uniformity of sodium metal and the reversibility of the charge-discharge process are ensured.
• the sodium deposition thickness of the negative electrode is required to be ⁇ 30 nm.
• the initial charge capacity and the initial discharge capacity of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode sheet are Q C mAh/g and Q D mAh/g
• the coating mass of the positive electrode active material is C W g/cm 2
• the theoretical volumetric gram capacity of sodium metal is X mAh/cm 3 , which satisfy the following formula:
• the negative electrode current collector comprises an aluminum-based current collector comprising at least one of the following technical features:
• the conductive coating comprises at least one of the following technical features:
• the conductive coating has a thickness of 1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m.
• the conductive coating may be formed by any one of transfer coating, extrusion coating, and spray coating.
• the positive electrode active material comprises at least one of a sodium transition metal oxide, a polyanionic compound, and a Prussian blue compound.
• the battery has a first coulomb efficiency of 80% to 99%.
• the present application provides an electrochemical apparatus comprising a sodium metal battery according to the first aspect.
• An embodiment of the present application provides a sodium metal battery
• the battery may comprise at least one of a soft pack, a square aluminum case, a square steel case, a cylindrical aluminum case, and a cylindrical steel case
• the battery comprises a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet, said negative electrode sheet being an aluminum-based current collector, and the sodium layer deposited in situ on the aluminum-based current collector having a thickness of ⁇ 30 nm after the battery is charged and discharged for the first time.
• the sodium metal battery of the present application does not need to be provided with the negative electrode active material, and the negative electrode active material is formed in situ by the deposition of sodium deintercalated from the positive electrode. After the battery cell is charged and discharged for the first time, there will be some sodium metal remaining on the negative electrode side and not returning to the positive electrode due to the incomplete reversibility of the deintercalation/intercalation of sodium from the positive electrode active material for the first time.
• This application utilizes the first irreversible capacity of the positive electrode material and the optimization of the battery cell design. After the battery cell is charged and discharged for the first time, the amount of residual sodium metal is sufficient to uniformly form a sodium deposition layer with a certain thickness on the surface of the current collector. The higher nucleation energy required for the deposition of sodium onto the surface of the current collector during subsequent charge-discharge cycles is avoided, the overall deposition overpotential is reduced, and the deposition uniformity of sodium metal and the reversibility of the charge-discharge process are ensured.
• the thickness of the sodium deposition layer is ⁇ 30 nm, specifically, the thickness of the sodium deposition layer may be, without limitation, 30 nm, 31 nm, 32 nm, 33 nm, 34 nm, 35 nm, 36 nm, 37 nm, 38 nm, 39 nm, 40 nm, etc.
• the thickness of the sodium deposition layer is greater than or equal to 30 nm, which may meet the demand for the amount of sodium deposited in the negative electrode, and also meet the partial sodium consumption due to the by-products formed by the reaction between the negative electrode sodium metal and the electrolyte solution.
• the initial t charge capacity and the initial discharge capacity of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode sheet are Q C mAh/g and Q D mAh/g
• the coating mass of the positive electrode active material is C W g/cm 2
• the theoretical volumetric gram capacity of sodium metal is X mAh/cm 3 , which may satisfy the following formula:
• the active sodium remaining on the surface of the negative electrode current collector after the initial charge-discharge cycle is not enough to completely cover the surface of the current collector; and when the above battery cell design value is greater than 5000 nm, either the first coulomb efficiency of the positive electrode material is low or the coating mass of the material is too high, the former is not conducive to the energy density of the battery cell, and the latter is not conducive to the final cycling performance of the battery cell due to problems such as powder dropping and poor wettability generated by over-thick sheet, both of which are less practical.
• the initial coulombic efficiency of the battery may be 80% to 99%.
• the initial coulombic efficiency of the battery is >99%, the first irreversible capacity of the positive electrode material is low, in order to achieve the sufficient sodium deposition thickness on the negative electrode side after the initial charge-discharge cycle, the coating weight of the positive electrode material is required to be too large, and the problems such as powder dropping and brittle sheet after cold pressing are easy to occur in the battery cell production and processing, which are not conducive to the batch preparation of the battery cell.
• the initial coulombic efficiency of the battery is ⁇ 80%, the first irreversible capacity of the positive electrode material is too large, the reversible capacity of the material is low, and the energy density of the battery cell is low, greatly reducing the practicality.
• the negative electrode current collector used in the negative electrode sheet may comprise at least one of metal foil current collector, metal foam current collector, metal mesh current collector, carbon felt current collector, carbon cloth current collector, and carbon paper current collector.
• Sodium ions do not form alloys with aluminum, and aluminum-based current collectors may be used for cost reduction and weight reduction.
• the aluminum-based current collector may be any one of an aluminum foil current collector, an aluminum alloy foil current collector, and an aluminum-based composite current collector.
• the aluminum-based composite current collector may comprise a polymer base film and aluminum foil and/or aluminum alloy foil formed on both sides of the polymer base film.
• the aluminum-based composite current collector is a “sandwich” structure with the polymer base film in the middle and the aluminum foil on both sides, or the polymer base film in the middle and the aluminum alloy foil on both sides, or the aluminum foil on one side of the polymer base film and the aluminum alloy foil on the other side of the polymer base film.
• the polymer base film may be any one of polyamide, polyterephthalate, polyimide, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polybutylene terephthalate, poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, ethylene propylene rubber, polyformaldehyde, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, silicone rubber, and polycarbonate.
• the aluminum-based composite current collector selected by the present application has a better ductility, which is beneficial to maintain the integrity of the electrode during the sodium deposition/stripping process.
• the surface roughness of the aluminum-based current collector may be 0.3 ⁇ m to 1.5 ⁇ m, specifically, the surface roughness of the aluminum-based current collector may be, without limitation, 0.3 ⁇ m, 0.4 ⁇ m, 0.5 ⁇ m, 0.6 ⁇ m, 0.7 ⁇ m, 0.8 ⁇ m, 0.9 ⁇ m, 1.0 ⁇ m, 1.0 ⁇ m, 1.2 ⁇ m, 1.3 ⁇ m, 1.4 ⁇ m, 1.5 ⁇ m, etc.
• the surface roughness of the aluminum-based current collector is controlled within the above range to ensure that the deposited sodium has a good bond with the aluminum-based current collector.
• the roughness is less than 0.3 ⁇ m, the surface of the aluminum-based current collector is too smooth, the bond between the deposited sodium and the aluminum-based current collector is insufficient, stripping and powder dropping are easy to occur during use, and loss of contact with the conductive network leads to electrical insulation, affecting the capacity and cycle life of the battery cell; when the roughness is greater than 1.5 ⁇ m, uneven deposition of sodium is easy to occur in the local and highly active tip sites, which is more likely to form dendrites, leading to the safety risk of the battery cell.
• At least part of the surface of the negative electrode current collector is provided with a conductive coating
• the conductive coating may comprise a conductive agent and a binder
• the conductive agent may comprise at least one of metal, conductive carbon, conductive polymer, and conductive ceramic material.
• a conductive coating is provided on the surface of the negative electrode current collector.
• the negative electrode current collector When the separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode is broken, the negative electrode current collector is connected to the positive electrode current collector through a short circuit of the conductive coating, thus preventing a short circuit inside the battery cell that leads to thermal runaway, and the energy inside the battery cell may be consumed quickly by using the short circuit connection of the conductive coating between the negative electrode current collector and the positive electrode current collector to avoid thermal runaway of the battery cell.
• the conductive coating may reduce the contact resistance between the sodium metal and the negative electrode current collector, improve the force between the sodium metal and the negative electrode current collector, and avoid the stripping of the sodium metal layer.
• the thickness of the conductive coating may be 1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m, specifically, the thickness of the conductive coating may be, without limitation, 1 ⁇ m, 2 ⁇ m, 3 ⁇ m, 4 ⁇ m, 5 ⁇ m, 6 ⁇ m, 7 ⁇ m, 8 ⁇ m, 9 ⁇ m, 10 ⁇ m, etc. If the thickness is greater than 10 ⁇ m, there will be a certain loss of energy density. If the thickness of the conductive coating is less than 1 ⁇ m, the coating is not uniformly distributed and does not play a corresponding role.
• the conductive coating may be a metal layer, the metal may have a body-centered cubic structure, and the metal may comprise any one of ⁇ -Fe, V, Nb, Cr, Mo, Ta, and W.
• the conductive carbon may comprise at least one of conductive carbon black, graphite, carbon fiber, single-walled carbon nanotube, multi-walled carbon nanotube, graphene, and fullerene.
• the conductive polymer may any one of polyaniline, polythiophene, polypyrrole, and polyphenylacetylene.
• the conductive ceramic material may comprise at least one of TiB 2 , TiC, and B 4 C 3 .
• the binder may comprise any one of polyvinylidene fluoride, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, styrene butadiene rubber, sodium alginate, lithium polyacrylate, sodium polyacrylate, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyimide, and polyurethane.
• the mass ratio of the binder to the conductive agent may be 1:(1-30), specifically, the mass ratio of the binder to the conductive agent may be, without limitation, 1:1, 1:5, 1:10, 1:15, 1:20, 1:25, 1:30, etc. If the binder is too little, the conductive coating is easy to strip. If the binder is too much, the bond between the aluminum-based current collector and the sodium metal becomes poor.
• the conductive coating prepared from the binder and the conductive agent may not only reduce the resistance, but also enhance the bond between the aluminum-based current collector and sodium metal to further reduce the overpotential of sodium deposition, thereby improving the cycling performance of the battery cell.
• the conductive materials such as metal and conductive ceramics may be selected for the conductive coating.
• the conductive material may partially cover the surface of the aluminum-based current collector, or fully cover the surface of the aluminum-based current collector.
• the conductive coating may not only reduce the resistance, but also enhance the bond between the aluminum-based current collector and sodium metal.
• the conductive coating may be formed by any one of transfer coating, extrusion coating, and spray coating. Specifically, the preparation method of the conductive coating may be as follows: adding the binder and the conductive agent into water as a solvent according to the preset ratio and stirring for 6 to 8 h to obtain a conductive slurry, coating the conductive slurry on the perforated current collector using a gravure coater and drying to obtain the conductive coating.
• the positive electrode active material comprises at least one of a sodium transition metal oxide, a polyanionic compound, and a Prussian blue compound.
• the transition metal may be one or more of Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Cr, Cu, Ti, Zn, V, Zr and Ce
• the sodium transition metal oxide may be, for example, Na x MO 2 , where M may be one or more of Ti, V, Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Cr and Cu, and 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1.
• the polyanionic compound comprises one or more of sodium vanadium trifluorophosphate Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 2 F 3 , sodium vanadium fluorophosphate NaVPO 4 F, sodium vanadium phosphate Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , Na 4 Fe 3 (PO 4 ) 2 P 2 O 7 , NaFePO 4 and Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 .
• the Prussian blue compound is Na x M 1 M 2 (CN) 6 , wherein M 1 and M 2 are one or more of Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ti, V, Zr and Ce, where 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 2.
• the binder and/or conductive agent may also be added to the positive electrode active material.
• the type of the conductive agent may be selected by those skilled in the art according to actual requirements.
• the above-mentioned binder may be one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyacrylic acid (PAA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), and the above-mentioned conductive agent may be one or more of graphite, superconducting carbon, acetylene black, carbon black, carbon nanotube, graphene and carbon nanofiber.
• PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
• PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
• PAA polyacrylic acid
• PVA polyvinyl alcohol
• SBR styrene butadiene rubber
• the above-mentioned conductive agent may be one or more of graphite, superconducting carbon,
• the material of the positive electrode current collector there is no limitation on the material of the positive electrode current collector, and it may be selected by those skilled in the art according to actual requirements.
• a metal may be used, which may comprise, for example, but is not limited to, aluminum foil.
• the positive electrode sheet is prepared according to the conventional method in the art.
• the positive electrode active material, optional conductive agent and binder may be dispersed in a solvent, which may usually be selected from N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), to form a uniform positive electrode slurry, the positive electrode slurry is coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode sheet is obtained after drying and cold pressing.
• NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
• the electrochemical apparatus may further comprise a separator, and a separator is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to prevent short circuit.
• a separator is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to prevent short circuit.
• the separator may comprise a substrate layer, and the substrate layer may be a non-woven fabric, a membrane or a composite membrane with a porous structure.
• the material of the substrate layer may comprise at least one of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyimide.
• the material of the substrate layer may comprise polypropylene porous membrane, polyethylene porous membrane, polypropylene non-woven fabric, polyethylene non-woven fabric or polypropylene-polyethylene-polypropylene porous composite membrane.
• the surface treatment layer may be a polymer layer, an inorganic layer, or a layer formed by mixing a polymer with an inorganic substance.
• the polymer layer comprises a polymer, and the material of the polymer comprises at least one of polyamide, polyacrylonitrile, polyacrylate, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylic salt, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene ether, polyvinylidene fluoride, and poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene).
• the inorganic layer may comprise an inorganic particle and a binder.
• the inorganic particle may comprise one or more of aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, magnesium oxide, titanium oxide, hafnium dioxide, tin oxide, cerium dioxide, nickel oxide, zinc oxide, calcium oxide, zirconium oxide, yttrium oxide, silicon carbide, boehmite, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, and barium sulfate, or a combination thereof.
• the binder may comprise one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, copolymers of vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene, polyamides, polyacrylonitrile, polyacrylate, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylic salt, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene ether, polymethyl methacrylate, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polyhexafluoropropylene, or a combination thereof.
• the electrochemical apparatus may further comprise an electrolyte solution, and the electrolyte solution may comprise a sodium salt and an organic solvent.
• the organic solvent in the electrolyte solution is not particularly limited, and the organic solvent may be an organic solvent commonly used for the electrolyte solution in the art.
• the organic solvent may be selected from at least one of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, propylene carbonate, methyl acetate, ethyl propionate, fluorinated vinyl carbonate, ethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and methyl tert-butyl ether, and an ether solvent may be preferred for regulating the sodium-ion deposition morphology, thereby inhibiting the massive growth of sodium dendrites.
• the sodium salt in the electrolyte solution is not particularly limited, and the sodium salt may be a sodium salt commonly used for the electrolyte solution in the art.
• the sodium salt can be selected from at least one of sodium hexafluorophosphate, sodium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, sodium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, sodium difluorophosphate, sodium perchlorate, and sodium chloride.
• a suitable additive may also be added to the electrolyte solution.
• the use of the electrochemical apparatus of the present application is not particularly limited, which may be used in any electronic device known in the art.
• the electrochemical apparatus of the present application may be used in, but not limited to, laptop computer, pen-input computer, mobile computer, e-book player, portable telephone, portable fax machine, portable copier, portable printer, stereo headphone, video recorder, LCD television, portable cleaner, portable CD player, mini CD, transceiver, electronic notepad, calculator, memory card, portable audio recorder, radio, backup power source, motor, automobile, motorcycle, power assisted cycle, bicycle, lighting apparatus, toy, game console, clock, power tool, flash, camera, large battery for home use, energy storage and sodium-ion capacitor, etc.
• a full battery is used to test the energy density and cycling performance of the battery cell.
• the positive electrode and negative electrode sheets and separator were cut into corresponding sizes, wound into dry battery cells by winding machine, and then subjected to the standard processes such as welding, aluminum-plastic film encapsulation, liquid injection, formation, gas extraction, secondary encapsulation and volume calibration to prepare a 10 Ah soft pack sodium metal battery.
• the injection volume of the electrolyte solution was set as 3 g/Ah.
• Example 1 the design value of the battery cell was changed by adjusting the initial coulombic efficiency of the battery cell, as detailed in Table 1 below.
• Example 1 the design value of the battery cell was changed by adjusting the coating mass of the active material, as detailed in Table 1 below.
• Example 2 the roughness of the negative electrode current collector was adjusted.
• Example 2 Unlike Example 1, the conductive coating was added and the thickness of the conductive coating was adjusted.
• a battery tester was used to evaluate the electrochemical performance of the battery cells by performing charge-discharge tests on the positive electrode materials of button-type battery cells.
• the charge-discharge voltage was set as 2.5 V to 3.65 V, and the charge-discharge current was set as 50 mA/g.
• the initial charge-discharge capacity of the battery was read.
• the charge-discharge gram capacity of the positive electrode material was calculated by the following formula:
• a battery tester was used to evaluate the electrochemical performance of the battery cells by performing charge-discharge tests on the battery cells.
• the charge-discharge voltage was set as 2.5 V to 3.65 V
• the charge-discharge current was set as 1 A (0.1 C)
• the corresponding battery cell capacity and average voltage platform when the battery cell was discharged from 3.65 V to 2.5 V were recorded after the initial charge-discharge and 200 charge-discharge cycles.
• the weight of the battery cell was measured using an electronic balance with an accuracy of one thousandth, and the weight energy density, volumetric energy density and capacity retention rate of the battery cell after 200 cycles were calculated by the following formula.
• the battery cells after the initial charge-discharge were disassembled, the negative electrode sheet was removed, punched, and assembled into a button-type half battery with the separator, sodium sheet, and electrolyte solution.
• the discharge voltage of the button-type battery was set as ⁇ 100 mV vs Na/Na + , and the current density was set as 1 mA/cm 2 .
• the lowest voltage point in the capacity-discharge voltage curve was read, which was the overpotential of the sodium deposition on the negative electrode sheet.
• Table 2 The above test results were shown in Table 2.
• the present application utilizes the first irreversible capacity of the positive electrode material and the optimization of the battery cell design. After the battery cell is charged and discharged for the first time, the amount of residual sodium metal is sufficient to uniformly form a sodium deposition layer with a certain thickness on the surface of the current collector. The higher nucleation energy required for the deposition of sodium onto the surface of the current collector during subsequent charge-discharge cycles is avoided, the overall deposition overpotential is reduced, and the deposition uniformity of sodium metal and the reversibility of the charge-discharge process are ensured.

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